Any player can sign up to review newly published community authored missions.

The reason we require a sign up, and have a separate EULA for this is because we believe that since STO is a family game, and inevitably someone will create content which is inappropriate, we need to provide a filter of sorts to be able to catch this sort of material.

By asking for people who are not concerned about coming across this content, but whom understand why someone's episode about [Insert your worst case scenario here] isn't healthy for the game, we can catch a large amount of this content before it is seen by those who would rather not be subjected to unvetted material.

Thanks,

Stormshade

I dont get it: why not just require EVERYONE who uses UGC to agree to the EULA? That way you completely protect yourselves, and you completely avoid this whole debate?

How is the community split into "reviewers" and "non-reviewers" if anyone can sign up to be a reviewer?

I'm not trolling, I'm just asking for some clarification of your point of view.

thanks in advance.

You're right, they're not. BUT, the way this was announced, they have been perceived to be. And continuing to talk about having people sign up to be reviewers isn't helping. Sure, anyone can sign up, but if you don't, you're not going to have quite the same UGC experience. Just make everyone sign a special UGC EULA, and be done with it.

Exactly. The point of approval is to proofread, not to review qualitatively. You're looking for bugs that make the mission non-completable, profanity, trademark infringement, etc.

This is a task which players under 18 and in some countries may not be allowed to do, hence the separate EULA. Also, it's likely a privilege that can be taken away without banning someone from the game or otherwise playing and authoring UGC.

I dont get it: why not just require EVERYONE who uses UGC to agree to the EULA? That way you completely protect yourselves, and you completely avoid this whole debate?

What if someone wishes to play UGC content, but would not for risk of coming across content which is inappropriate? Should they simply not be allowed to play through other community member's episodes for fear of coming across something which should have been caught be people who review content?